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      06-23-2019, 06:01 PM   #1
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Anyone else have an issue with the volume being different when you use spotify?

I find that i have to turn the volume up louder when I listen to spotify, no difference whether I'm using car play or not. And yes, my phone volume is all the way up. Is this just the way it is?
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      08-19-2019, 09:49 AM   #2
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Yes. I don't have spotify, but the volume levels are different between OTA radio, satellite, internal media storage and BT. Different cars (I've had a few) have different issues, but never in any of them has the volume level been consistent. When I mention it to the dealer, I get a shrug.
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Also turn off audio normalization in Spotify
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I find that i have to turn the volume up louder when I listen to spotify, no difference whether I'm using car play or not. And yes, my phone volume is all the way up. Is this just the way it is?
It has nothing to do with the service itself. CarPlay volume is much lower as well. Satellite radio is much louder.
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I tried spotify the other day, think I need to upgrade to the pay version, the sound quality is way worse than Sirius...
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I don't have spotify but I do have XM and, for example, the Beatles channel is much louder than the classical music channel. So I do have to adjust volume sometimes when I change channels.
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